§ 114 Schedule 1, page 37. line 16, after 'that' insert 'where the prescribed minimum amount fixed by regulations made under paragraph 7 applies'.
§ 115 Page 37. line 18, leave out from 'than' to end of line 19 and insert 'that amount'.
§ 116 Page 37. line 32, leave out 'sub-paragraph (1) "the' and insert 'this paragraph the "
§ 117 Page 37, line 41, leave out 'unless the case is one to which section 39 applies' and insert—
§ '(3) In any case to which section 39 applies, and in such other cases (if any) as may be prescribed, sub-paragraph (2) shall not apply'.
§ 118 Page 38, line 7, leave out 'qualifying'.
§ Lord HenleyMy Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 114 to 118 en bloc. Amendment No. 116 is a minor technical amendment. Amendments Nos. 114, 115 and 117 amend paragraph 7, which provides for a minimum payment of child maintenance. Potentially that could apply to all absent parents except for those on income support. The amendments make provisions to specify exceptions to the minimum amount.
Amendment No. 118 amends paragraph 9, which provides for a number of regulation-making powers relating to the calculation of the parent's income and capital for the purposes of the maintenance assessment. It includes provision for the income of a child to be included in exempt income in any case where the child is the child of a parent whose resources are being assessed. That is needed to offset the allowance made in exempt income.
§ Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 114 to 118.—(Lord Henley.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.